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SILED
Verb
siled
simple past tense and past participle of sile
Anagrams
• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, leids, sidle, sleid, slide
Source: Wiktionary
SILE
Sile, v. t. Etym: [Akin to Sw. sila to strain, sil sieve, G. sielen to draw away or lead off water. sq. root151a. See Silt.]
Definition: To strain, as fresh milk. [Prov. Eng.]
Sile, v. i.
Definition: To drop; to flow; to fall. [Prov. Eng.]
Sile, n.
1. A sieve with fine meshes. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Filth; sediment. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sile, n. Etym: [Icel. sild herring; akin to Sw. sill, Dan. sild. Cf. Sill the young of a herring.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young or small herring. [Eng.] Pennant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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